tracks

Music For Goethe’s Tragedy “Egmont”, Op. 84 (1809-10)
Overture
Monologue: Besteigt Denn, Von Den Tönen Hold Geleitet (Narrator)
Lied: Die Trommel Gerührt! (Klärchen)
Zwischenakt I: Andante – Allegro Con Brio
Monologue: Wo Egmont Wandelt, Hoch Auf Steilem Pfade (Narrator)
Zwischenakt II: Larghetto
Monologue: Die Geliebte Harrt (Narrator)
Lied: Freudvoll Und Leidvoll (Klärchen)
Zwischenakt III: Allegro – Marcia Vivace
Monologue: Sorglos Dem Wort Des Königs Trauend (Narrator)
Zwischenakt IV: Poco Sostenuto E Risoluto – Larghetto – Andante Agitato
Monologue: Doch Jenes Mädchen (Narrator)
Klärchens Tod Bezeichnend: Larghetto
Melodrama: Süsser Schlaf! Du Kommst Wie Ein Reines Glück (Egmont) – Siegessinfonie: Allegro Con Brio
Leonore, Act II: Introduction, WoO 2b, Hess 117 (1805 Version)
Sechs Menuette, WoO 10 (‘Six Minuets’) (1796) (Reconstructed For Orchestra, 1982, By Franz Beyer, 1922-2018)
No. 1 In C Major
No. 2 In G Major
No. 3 In D Major
No. 4 In B Flat Major
No. 5 In E Flat Major
No. 6 In C Major
Triumphmarsch Zum Trauerspiel Tarpeja Von Kuffner, WoO 2a, Hess 117 (‘Triumphal March For The Tragedy “Tarpeja” By Kuffner’) (1813)
Leonore Prohaska, WoO 96 (1815) Trauermasch (‘Funeral March’)

notes

℗ & © 2019 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd. Made in Germany. 12pp booklet in English.

Recorded 15-19 January, 2018 at Turku Concert Hall, Turku, Finland.

Tracks 16-21 Published by Breitkopf & Härtel.

Cover painting: “Portrait of Lamoraal, Count of Egmont” (1579) by Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545-1581).

credits

Bass Vocals – Matti Salminen (2) (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14)
Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor – Leif Segerstam
Cover [painting] – Frans Pourbus The Elder
Liner Notes – Keith Anderson (6)
Orchestra – Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Producer, Engineer, Editor – Sean Lewis (2)
Soprano Vocals – Kaisa Ranta (tracks: 3, 8)
Text By – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Naxos Rights Europe Ltd
Copyright (c) – Naxos Rights Europe Ltd
Published By – Breitkopf & Härtel
Recorded At – Turku Concert Hall
Glass Mastered At – Arvato

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